Steve Goodier Wisdom: Things of Value

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom . Enjoy!

You’ve heard the question asked, “If your home were on fire, what you try to save?” Most people answer that they would rescue people and pets and as many photographs and memories as possible.

The question we faced was similar. We were forced to consider, “If we have to evacuate our home, what should we take with us?” Or, put another way, which of our possessions could we live without? Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Secret to Understanding

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom . Enjoy!

It was the late 1940s. Eastern Airline’s chair, Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, had a problem. Customers were complaining because the airline was mishandling luggage far too often. When nothing else seemed to work, he decided to take drastic action.

Rickenbacker called a special meeting of the management personnel in Miami. Eastern’s management flew to Miami and was told their baggage would be delivered to their hotel rooms. Instead, Rickenbacker had the luggage stored overnight. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Way to Results

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom . Enjoy!

Melodie Hartline relates in Reader’s Digest (September, 1996) that in her job as an employee of a jewelry store, she often arranged for engaged couples to have their wedding bands engraved with something special. She once asked a bride-to-be what she would like inscribed inside her fiancé’s ring.

“We aren’t very romantic,” she replied. Then she related that they were marrying on her fiancé’s birthday so he wouldn’t forget the date! Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Symptoms of Inner Peace

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom . Enjoy!

How would you rate your level of “Inner Peace”? Enough to stay calm in a den of lions? Enough to get through a good day? Enough for the next five minutes, so long as everybody leaves you alone?

You may need a good case of inner peace, a disease that could leave you stress-free and contented for years to come. A chiropractor named Jeff Rockwell composed a list he calls “Symptoms of Inner Peace.” You may have already caught this disease! See how many of these symptoms you exhibit: Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: How Big is Your Frying Pan?

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom . Enjoy!

Are you setting your sights too low?

I heard of a woman who fished all morning and never caught anything. But a man in the next boat was reeling in a fish every time she glanced over. Then, to make matters worse, he kept the small ones and threw the large ones back into the water!

She couldn’t stand it any longer. She called over to him, “How come you’re throwing the big ones back?” Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: A Love Affair With Life

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom . Enjoy!

Italian actor Roberto Benigni has been described as a charming and effusive man who, in his joy over winning the 1998 Academy Award for best actor for his performance in the film “Life Is Beautiful,” danced over the tops of chairs and leaped up on stage. With that in mind, listen to what he says on the subject of gratitude: “It’s a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation.”

Gratitude with moderation! Doesn’t that describe how many of us approach life? Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: The Golden Chain of Kindness

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom . Enjoy!

Writer and philosopher Johann Wolfgang von Goethe said, “Kindness is the golden chain by which society is bound together.” But I was not thinking about the golden chain of kindness one day when a dilapidated automobile, possibly held together with glue and wire, parked in front of my house. During those years, we lived in a small town just across the street from the church I served, and travelers in need constantly found their way to our home.

I was growing weary of helping the numerous people who stopped by almost daily. I was frequently awakened in the middle of an otherwise good night’s sleep, to get out in the cold and help someone passing through. Once our property was vandalized; once I drove through a blizzard in order to get two people to safety; many times I felt taken for granted by penniless motorists or hitchhikers who did not thank me for help they received and  complained that I didn’t do more. I hadn’t felt a part of a “golden chain of kindness” for awhile and, though I still offered assistance where I could, sometimes I inwardly wished they would just go away. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: The Black Belt

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom . Enjoy!

A parable tells about a martial artist who kneels before a master sensei in a ceremony to receive the hard-earned Black Belt. After years of relentless training, the student has finally reached a pinnacle of achievement in the discipline.

“Before granting the belt, you must pass one more test,” the sensei solemnly tells the young man. Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Ya Gotta Let Go

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom . Enjoy!

Miguel de Cervantes, author of DON QUIXOTE, wisely said, “Love not what you are, but what you may become.” The problem is … we may not be crazy about what we are, what we do or even where we’re going, but thinking of making that big change is overwhelming. Or scary!

If you are longing for something different, but you are a bit wary of the next step, then consider this: Read more

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Who’s Your Best Friend?

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom . Enjoy!

Former prisoner James Knapp confessed to police that he’d robbed two stores in Oklahoma, because he missed his old cell mates. Police said they’d see if James could be reunited with his old friends.

I think Mr. Knapp may have expressed something important, however. Friends, wherever we find them, are absolutely necessary. Read more

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